Sorry, that should read "we drilled some holes along the 4' edge."
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> wrote: > We placed it in front like a ramp. The piece was about 4' x 3'. We > drilled some holes along one 3' edge and secured it to the front rail > of the roof-rack with heavy-duty zipties. We then looped a ratchet > strap over the front of the ramp and just strapped it to the other > other straps going across the package. The hope was that this would > guide the air over the top, much like what might on top of some big > tractor-trailer truck to guide the wind over the trailer. > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Milt Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> just wondering how you secured the plywood on the leading edge. And was it >> vertical or did you some how slope it to better deflect the wind. >> >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Our H13 was transported on the roof of a Dodge Sprinter. We wrapped it >>> in a blue tarp, which we later used for the floor. After wrapping it >>> well, we sandwiched it between two sheets of MDF and secured the whole >>> package with ratchet straps. It worked very well, except the straps >>> did bit into the edges of the panels a little bit. This could be >>> easily fixed with some foam padding or similar, or as Tom suggests, >>> circumferentially placed ply-wood. >>> >>> The yurt survived transport to and from Chicago -> Playa with out any >>> problems at all. We went as far as to secure a smaller piece of >>> ply-wood in front of the leading edge of the package. We believe this >>> reduced drag and helped our fuel efficiency, but that all could have >>> been wishful thinking. YMMV >>> >>> Spiral >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > How about sandwiching it between sheets of plywood and tying the bundle >>> > down with ratchet straps? If you really need to protect the sides, you >>> > could >>> > cut more ply and secure it circumferentially with a couple of straps. A >>> > little compression on the polyiso shoudn't hurt. But does it really have >>> > to >>> > be hard-shelled? Tarps are a wonderful thing (properly secured)... >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Knowledge is good. It does not have to look good, or sound good, or even >>> > do good. It is good just by being knowledge and the only thing that makes >>> > it >>> > knowledge is that it is true. You can't have too much of it, and there is >>> > no >>> > little too little to be worth having. >>> > >>> > -- Tom Stoppard >>> > >>> > >>> > On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Jay wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi. Let's say I have an 8ft semi-folding Hexayurt that I want to >>> >> transport a long way, so I want it to be securely protected. What are >>> >> people using as hard sided protection for transporting semi-folding >>> >> Hexayurts? >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> thanks >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> >> Groups "hexayurt" group. >>> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >> [email protected]. >>> >> For more options, visit this group at >>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >>> >> >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "hexayurt" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected]. >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "hexayurt" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
